Wellington station (CTA)

Wellington is a Chicago 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with four tracks and two side platforms, located at 945 West Wellington Avenue in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Red Line trains pass through the station on the middle tracks, but do not stop. The station closed for renovations from March 30, 2008, until July 30, 2009.

Wellington   3000N 1000W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	945 West Wellington Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60657
Coordinates	41.936203°N 87.653239°W / 41.936203; -87.653239
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 31, 1900
Rebuilt	2008–09
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	899,123[1]  1.1%
Rank	74 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Belmont toward Kimball Brown Line Diversey toward Loop (Washington/Wells) Belmont toward Linden Purple Line Express Diversey toward Loop (Clark/Lake)
Track layout Brown Line and Purple Line Exp. north to Kimball and Linden Red Line north to Howard Nelson St. Wellington Ave. Brown Line and Purple Line Exp. south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

History

Wellington station opened in 1900 as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station.[2] From the late 1940s Wellington became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). The original station house was demolished in the 1960s following a fire. Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.[3]

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

Wellington station prior to reconstruction, September 2007. The red station signs are indicative of the station's former designation as an "A" station during the period of skip-stop service

Wellington was reconstructed and renovated as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.[4] The new station has extended platforms capable of berthing eight car trains, and elevators to meet ADA accessibility requirements. The Wellington station closed for renovations on March 30, 2008. The station reopened on July 30, 2009.

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
2. Wellington Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
3. About The Brown Line. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
4. Wellington. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).

External links

• Media related to Wellington (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Station (then closed) from Google Maps Street View